The riveting saga of Keepers of the Misty Time continues. Nine thousand years ago a band of people called the Shahala faced famine. Yet their Moonkeeper, the woman Ashan, foresaw hope, and led them across the Tabu land and on to humankind's destiny. Ahead lay a savage and volatile people who needed to learn the Moonkeeper's ways; a woman with secrets that could destroy Ashan's love for her mate, Tor; and a terrifying accident that would send Ashan on a dream journey toward death. Now as the Shahala's quest for survival begins, the first seeds of the nation would grow or perish on the banks of a mighty river...in a long-ago eon called the Misty Time.